Method of making neckties



Oct. 3, 1939. V, NAFTALl v 2,174,993

METHOD OF MAKING NECKTIES Filed May ll, 1938 zo. lNvENToR /O limi/wwf Mqfm/ ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 3, 1939` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Marilou oF MAKING NEox'rnIs Valentine Naftal, New York, N. Y., assignor of one-half to Jesse E. Langsdorf, New York,

This invention relates to neckties. More particularly, this invention relates to yan improved method for making neckties of the four-in-hand type- One of the objects'of this yinvention is to provide an improved method of stitching four-inhand necktie fabrics.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved 'method of making neckties of the character described which shall `comprise relatively few and simple steps, which shall be inexpensive to manufacture and which at the same time shall be highly efficient and practical.

Other objects of this invention'willV in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed'out.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments :o this invention, l Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a folded necktie fabricillustrating a step of the improved method in accordance with this invention;l

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional vvievv taken substantially on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

j`Fig. 3 is a plan view of the back of the Fig. 1

form of tie after the same has been reversed; Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the lline 4 4 of Fig. 3; 1 Fig: 5 is an elevational view similar to Fig. 1

but illustrating a modifIed form of this invention;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 'I is a plan view of the back of the Fig. 5

.arm of tie after the same has been reversed; Fig. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing still another modified form of this invention;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken pleted tie and that such necktis have heretofore been stitched by the slow, cumbersome, and

5 expensive process of hand work. .It is also well known that neckties have been resiliently stitched.

by specially designed sewing machines of the type illustrated in the patent to Naftali et al., No. 1,931,447, granted Cctober 17 1933, for Sewing 55 machines. AsJ described in the said Naftali patent, the folded four-in-hand necktie fabric is stitched by a continuous row of stitching which is disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the necktie. In accordance with the present invention, there has been devised an im- 5 proved method of stitching neckties which may be accomplished by the use of any suitable standard type of sewing machine and which, when the I tie is completed, gives the appearance of hand Work. l"

ReferringA now in detail to the drawing, there is illustrated diagrammatically the steps comprising the improved method of making four-inhand neckties in accordance with this invention.

In Figs. 1 to 4 there is disclosed a necktie fabric l5 20 cut to any desired shapeand design suitable for four-in-hand neckties and which has been folded substantially on its longitudinal axis with the Wrong side of the fabric outermost. At spaced intervals along the length of the folded tie fabric l0 20 there is provided relatively short rows of stitching 2i which pierce through the layersv20a and 20h of the tie fabric and which rows 2| are ,disposed adjacent the free longitudinal edges thereof and in a, direction transverse to said longi- 25 tudinal edges. After the folded tie fabric has `been stitched as described, to form a tubular tie casing, the said casing is reversed, or turned inside out, and then appears as shown in Fig.' 3

of the drawing, the tie being pressed or steamed 30 in the customary manner. It is seen that only a portion 21a 0f a single stitch isl visible. Therev is thus provided a machine made neck/tie which appears to be hand stitched and which is muchY more sturdy and is more quickly and uniformly 35 produced.

In Figs. 5 to 8, there is discloseda modified form of the invention in which the longitudinally folded tie fabric 30 is stitchedl through the folded layers 30a andb at spaced intervals along the 4o length thereof by a sewing machine designed to provide bar stitchesjl. When the `Fig. 5 form of tie is reversed and pressed it will appear ,as in Fig.' 7.

While in Figs. 1 to 8 this invention is shown as 45 applied to four-in-hand neckties of the type having no lining or the so-called self-linednecktie,

i. e., a tie in which a portion of the tie fabric is folded in such manner as to serve as a-lining, it L is understood that this invention-may also be satisfactorily applied to the manufacture of any other type'or style of necktie..

In Figs. 9 to 11 there is disclosed still another modiiedform of this invention in which a separate tie lining member 4| isemployed and upon 30 might be made in the matter hereinabove set which there is superimposed in predetermined relationship, a folded tie fabric 40, as clearly shown in Figs. 9 and 10. In this form of the invention the rows of stitches 42 similar to the rows of stitches 2i shown in Fig. 1 may be employed, or bar stitches similar to the stitches 3l may be vemployed. However, it is noted that in the Figs. 9 to 12 form of the invention the stitches are caused to pierce both layers 40a and 40h of the tie fabric as well as the lining 4i. When the tie is reversedit will appear as shown in Fig. l1 with the tie liningproperly positioned within the tubular fabric casing.

It will be seen from the above and from the accompanying drawing that the inner ends of the transverse rows of stitches in the several forms Iof the invention or the bar stitches 3i in the form shown in Fig. 5 are variously spaced from the folded edge.of the tie in the position rshown in Figs'. 1, 5 and 9 with the result that kwhen the tie is reversed and a fold is made along the line determined by such inner ends of these rows of stitches, the shape of the tie is also determined.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a method for manufacturing neckties by means of which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, andas various changes ers of said folded fabric at a plurality of points spaced from each other along the length of said folded fabric, and disposing said stitching transversely of the longitudinal axis of said folded fabric and spacing said stitching a predetermined and varying distance from 'the said folded edge thereby determining the shape of the tie, then reversing said sewed folded fabric and creasing one of said fabric layers longitudinally substantially along the ends of said stitching remote from said free edges.

arrancav 2. In a method of making neckties, the steps comprising folding a necktie fabric longitudinally with the wrong side outermost to provide a folded longitudinal edge and a pair of free longitudinal edges, stitching together adjacently disposed.

layers of said folded fabric at a plurality of points spaced from each other the length of said folded fabric, and disposing said stitching transversely of the longitudinal axis of said folded fabric,and spacing said stitching from said folded edge a distance substantially equal to the width of vthe completed necktie then reversing said sewed folded fabric.

3.` In a method of making neckties, the steps comprising folding a necktie fabric longitudinally with the wrong side outermost to provide a folded longitudinal edge an a pair of free longitudinal edges, stitching together adjacently disposed layers of said folded fabric at a plurality of points spaced from each other along the length of said folded fabric, and disposing said stitching transversely of the longitudinal axis of said folded fabric and-spacing said stitching a predetermined distance from the said folded edge, then reversing said sewed folded fabric and creasing one of said fabric layers longitudinally substantially along the ends of said stitching remote from said free edges.

4. In a method of making neckties, the steps comprising folding a resilient necktie fabric longitudinally with the wrong side outermost to provvide a folded longitudinal edge and a pair of free longitudinal edges, stitching together adjacently disposed layers of said folded fabric at a plurality of spaced points along the length of said folded fabric, arranging said stitching in independent rows transversely of the said length, and spacing said rows of stitching sufficiently remotely from the said folded edge to permit the -reversal of the stitched folded fabric, then reversingthe same and forming a fold substantially along the inner ends of said stitching.

5. As an article of manufacture a necktie comprising a. resilient fabric casing having inturned overlapping portions intermediate the front and the back thereof, said overlapping portions being joined by a plurality of independent rows of stitching spaced from each other and disposed transversely of the longitudinal axis of said necktie, said stitching being confined to the overlapping pcrtion. l VALENTINE NAFIALI. 

